From the Book, 25 Years of Wurstfest
Mugs:"The day Paul
Tadlock appeared with the design for the 1995 Wurstfest Mug, it
was clear that he was using his character, Fritz, to tell a story
quite familiar to many Wurstfest-goers through the years. We called
it Fritz Feels Frisky, but a more appropriate name might
have been Fritz Gets Hooked. For Wurstfest 1993, Fritz showed
up with his pals, had a great time, and overimbibed. In 1994,
he met a girl and chased her. Now, in 1995, its clear that
he chased her until she caught him. For 1995, we cut the overall
edition once again to 1400 total pieces in an effort to give it
some additional prestige. For the second band color, we specified
manganese, one of the mineral colors used in traditional stein-making.
With only 450 pieces ordered, it is one of the scarcest mug varieties
in the recent history of the series. Finally, we also elected
to reintroduce the cream mug, offered with blue or manganese banding.
The gray mug was offered only with blue banding. Issue price of
the mug was increased to $22.50. The stein price remained at $75."
--Ken Armke